Conference In association with

Workplace Libraries '99 Warwick University 24-25 November 1999 Selected Papers

Keynote address
Expanding our horizons as technologies converge: a new identity for the information professional
Elspeth Hyams, Director, Institute of Information Scientists

Digital publishing, management information, knowledge management, interactive multimedia training, intranet and website management, on-line research - these are just a few of the new areas of expertise and competencies required of information professionals in the information society. What do these new challenges mean for traditional professional librarians and information scientists? How can they seize this opportunity and ensure that users get the tools and information they need, and that those best qualified to provide the service are the ones who win get commissioned for the job?

Elspeth Hyams is Director of the Institute of Information Scientists, the professional association for information professionals whose professional interest has focused on the process of managing information, rather than on the service to users. The IIS’s activities have traditionally complemented those of the Library Association and in this opening address, she looks at how technological convergence is bringing the two arms of the profession together.

Skills for knowledge management: a complex mix
31 pages, 4627 KB
Angela Abell, Director, TFPL Ltd

Why space is the most important technology in the 21st century library
Professor Clive Holtham, City University Business School

Where next? The future for workplace libraries
Margaret Haines, Chief Executive, Library and Information Commission

Knowledge management - the real world
10 pages, 1133 KB
Gillian Westall, Head of Information Centre, Jones Lang LaSalle

Workshop 1
Never mind the chaos - here's complexity
Professor Kevin Kingsland, Associate Director, TSR International

Workshop 2
Storytelling - using stories to initiate change
3 pages, 20 KB
David Snowden, Director of the Knowledge and Differentiation Programme, IBM Global Services

Workshop 3
Secrets of visibility - influence with integrity
Sarah Jones, Director of Consultancy, AIMM Ltd

Workshop 4
Rethinking libraries in the document delivery age
David Almsmeyer, Information Services Manager, BT Laboratories

Workshop 5
Changing rooms
8 pages, 71 KB
Pia McKerron, Sue Smithson and  Victoria Ward, Spark Knowledge

Workshop 6
Using scenarious for forward thinking
Paul Ormerod, Programme Director, Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology (CEST)

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